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Africa Property News.com has learned that growth seekers should look at property stocks with a five year time horizon in mind according to Stanlib's head of listed property funds, Keillen Ndlovu. ...
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Africa Property News has learnt that the dearth of quality affordable student housing in Africa, close to places of higher learning, is driving a wave of investment in this niche accommodation sector. ...
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Rapid urbanisation, population changes, and other global megatrends including industrialisation, technology, and sustainability in city planning will drive growth in the real estate industry across Africa over the next five years, PwC said in a report released last week. ...
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The number of Ultra High Net-Worth Individuals in Africa is expected to increase by 59% over the next 10 years, the Wealth Report 2015 compiled by Knight Frank with support from Standard Bank Wealth and Investment, released on Tuesday has asserted. ...
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While the digital age has encouraged more consumers to shop and browse products on the web, physical stores are still primary destinations for shoppers in Africa, according to PwC's annual consumer survey.
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The concept of new urbanism in Africa, hailed as a fresh approach to urban living from both a town planning and architectural perspective, has far-reaching implications from a property demand and development point of view. ...
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Hyprop Investments, South Africa’s third largest JSE-listed real estate investment trust (REIT) on Monday reported that its asset base in sub-Saharan Africa had increased to $172 million (ZAR R2 billion). ...
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“When it comes to sectors of investment, we look at retail as well as commercial office space, and that’s on the physical real estate market. There’s also the listed market in Africa, which is another market for investors to invest in. In South Africa we’ve seen that grow to about 30 billion dollars,” Atterbury Property Developments managing director James Ehlers said on Tuesday. ...
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